The Keepers

Witches bow to no queen. They owe fealty to no crown. Distrusted even when their hands offer healing, they live beneath shadows of fear and half-truth. Aleris has been raised to hide the magic in her blood, shaped instead into the Orcharder family's second daughter. When her carefully built life begins to fracture, Aleris is drawn toward a world of ancient power and secret purpose. Magic threads through the turning of the seasons and the shape of fate itself-beautiful, dangerous, and deeply costly. As old fears stir and the realm shifts, Aleris must choose who she will become.